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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Bullying

“If
the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated Me first.”John 15:18

This topic makes me sad and sick to my stomach. I hurt for these children and adults whom bully and are the victims of bullying. So you ask why am I hurting for those who bully. The reason is because they are lost and they don't have Jesus in their heart! So I pray for them to find Jesus and for them to find love. As for the victims I am aching for them and I pray for their strength and for God to take their trials.

Children

160,000 children miss school each day due to fear of other
students

1 in 7 students in grade K-12 either bully or they are
victims to bullying

Estimate:
30% of children or 3.2 million youths are victims

1 out of every 10 students who drop out of school do so
because of repeated bullying

30% of all child suicides can be directed to bullying

42% of kids are bullied online and then 1 in 4 kids have had
repeated bullying

85% of girls and 76% of boys have been sexually harassed in
some form and only 18% of those have been by adults.

Adults

Over 50% of adults have reportedly
experienced some form of violence at work, home or in the community

15% of
all violent crimes are workplace related

500,000
workers miss about 1,751,000 work days annually due to work place bullying